Colts fire vice chairman Bill Polian and general manager Chris Polian

10:12 PM,
Jan. 2, 2012

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Jim Irsay acknowledged the complexity, the difficulty and the pain, even the tears. It's not easy to fire a man you've known for 30 years, a man who has guided your NFL franchise through a gilded era and will make his next stop the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"I have always believed it's about timing, it's about energy, it's about what the time calls for," the Indianapolis Colts owner said Monday evening after his stunning firing of Vice Chairman Bill Polian and his son, Vice President/General Manager Chris Polian.